With roughly three weeks until the Iowa caucuses, Gov. Rick Perry is hoping to convince Iowans to give his candidacy another chance. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports.
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State Government
Redistricting Orders Create Political Chaos
Forget everything. The candidate announcements, the relocations, the decisions not to run again, the who vs. who and the campaign finance. With a Friday night order, the U.S. Supreme Court turned Texas election season into chaos.
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Perry Looks for Momentum in Iowa
Hoping to build momentum after a strong performance in his latest nationally televised debate, Gov. Rick Perry hit a Sunday morning TV show, spoke to two church congregations and staged a boisterous rally at a coffee shop in central Iowa.
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Perry Has Strong Debate Heading Into Bus Tour
While it might not have been enough to alter his position, days before heading out on his bus tour of Iowa, Rick Perry turned in one of the strongest debate performances of his campaign.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root on Rick Perry’s controversial new ad, Tan on the fallout, Aaronson’s map of where the food stamps go, my interview with Stephen Colbert’s campaign finance lawyer, Aguilar on the drop in the number of illegal immigrants crossing into Texas, Hamilton on the growth of unregulated colleges, Galbraith’s interview with S. David Freeman on the environmental failures of public power, Grissom on the newest state agency and and Hamilton and M. Smith on a sudden change at the top of UT’s law school: The best of our best content from December 5 to 9, 2011.
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Gaffe-Prone Perry Flubs Supreme Court Answer
Gov. Rick Perry did it again. In an interview with the Des Moines Register, the presidential candidate flubbed the name of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and forgot how many judges sit on the high court.
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The Brief: Dec. 9, 2011
Once again, intense backlash has caught the Rick Perry campaign flat-footed.
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Demographics
Illegal Crossings Fall as Border Rhetoric Soars
A sour economy, increased border law enforcement and skyrocketing smuggling fees are keeping more would-be crossers at home. But you wouldn’t know it from the presidential campaigns.
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Defeated Candidates Ask Voters for Another Shot
They lost in 2010, but some candidates are hoping by now that voters have changed their minds. The 2012 ballot will be stippled with officeholders who were cast out by voters last election but want to try again.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: The Road to the White House
With a month to go before people in other states starting voting on presidential candidates, we asked the insiders for their current take on those races. First things first: They don’t see much of a window for Gov. Rick Perry.
